Gate for wire fences.



No. 812,690. PATENTED PEB. 13, 190s.

R. H. SINGER.

GATE POR WIRE FENCES.

APPLICATION FILED 11017.21, 1905.

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GATE FOR WIRE FENCES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed November 21, 1905l Serial No. 288,343.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY HAMILTON SINGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Uniontown, in the county of Carroll and State of Maryland, have invented' an Imrovement in Gates for Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

It is the common practice to provide passage-ways in wire fences with closures comprising a swinging bar-gate or a series of detachable wire bars or rails adapted to slide in holes provided in opposite posts. The cost of the gate, the lack of harmony of appearance of both it and the bars with the contiguous portions of a wire fence, the labor and time required to manipulate the bars, and the liability of cattle removing one or more of the bars by rubbing against them are the chief objections that have led to my present invention, which embodies an improved closure consisting of wires, lever-clamps, and screw-eyes, connected and attached in the manner hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a wire fence provided with a passage-way having a closure or gate constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the lever-clamps. Figs. 3 and 4 are plan views of the screw-eyes forming portions of the closure or attachment.

In Fig. l, aJ indicates the line-wires of a wire fence, the ends of the same being secured to the posts A A', arranged on opposite sides of the passage-wa Screw-eyes B (see Figs. 1 and 3) are inserted in the post A and the screw-eyes C in the opposite post A. The heads of the screw-eyes B are circular, while the heads of screw-eyes C are straight across the outer end to better adapt them for the insertion of and engagement with the leverclamps D. Wires E are permanently attached to screw-eyes B of-post A, and their opposite ends are connected with the leverclamps D, the latter being for this purpose provided at one end with an opening d. (See Fig. 2.) The opposite or free ends of the levers D are provided with a lateral flange or claw d for engagement with the wires E, as represented in Fig. 1. The levers D are curved slightly and are broadened at the end provided with openings d, and on the inner side in front of the openings they are constructed with a hook or notch d2, the deepest portion of the same being out of alinement laterally with a straight line drawn through the opening d and the engaging portion of the claw d.

As shown in Fig. 1, there are as many attachments comprising screw-eyes B C, leverclamps D, and wires E as there are line-wires a in the fence proper, and the wires E, forming portions of the closure or gateway, are in alinement with the line-wires a, so that the closure or gate is in harmony with the appearance of the fence as a whole.

The screw-'eyes B, with the wires E attached, having been duly inserted in the post A and the corresponding screw-eyes C having been inserted in the opposite post A, the lever-clamps D are passed through the eyes C and then bent over toward the opposite post A and their lips or claws d engaged with the wires E. The length of the wires is so proportioned to the distance between the posts that they are put under strainwhen the leverclamps D are thus applied and secured in place. Should adjustment in this respect be required at any time in consequence of the posts A A becoming inclined from the vertical, it may be quickly made by screwing the eyes B C Jfarther in or out, as the case may be. The screw-eyes and their adaptation for adjustment, therefore, constitute important features of my fence attachment. It is apparent that owing to the disalinement of the notch or hook d2 with the opening d and claw d leverage is applied to the bars D, which tends to hold the claws d firmly engaged with the wires, yet when it is required to open the gate or closure the elasticity of the attachment enables the free ends of the clamps D to be readily detached from the wires E, so that the clamps may be quickly removed from the screw-eyes C.

The clamps D may be inserted through the screw eyes C from below or from above. Both positions are illustrated in Fig. 1.'

Should the wires E relax, the claws d might become disengaged therefrom, and in such case the clamps or levers D may be inserted from above throuOh the eyes C, since in such case the claws w'll rest upon the wires, and thus cannot become disengaged, however slack the wires may become. The clamps D are also inserted from above when the lower screw-eye is near the ground.

It willbe seen that by my improvement I provide a secure closure for passage-ways in wire fences, also one which may be quickly IOO IIO

manipulated for attachment or removal or adjustment and may also be produced at small cost.

What I claim is- 1.v The combination, with opposing fenceposts and screWeeyes set therein, of Wires attached to one set ofthe screw-eyes and leverclamps secured to the other ends of the Wires and consisting of curved bars having their free ends provided with lateral claws for engaging the Wires and their opposite ends with openings for attachment of the Wires, and with a contiguous hook or notch, the same being located out of lateral alinement With the opening and claw as shown and described.

2. The improved closure for passage-Ways in fences comprising a series of Wires, a vseries of screw-eyes to Which the series are permanently attached at one end, lever-clamps secured to the other ends of the Wires and having a hook and an end claW which are disalined With the point of attachment of the Wire as described, and another series of screW eyes adapted for engagement with the clamps in the manner described.

ROY HAMILTON SINGER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM PHILIP ENGLAR, CHARLES FRANKLIN REINDOLLAR. 

